EX-99.2 3 exhibit99-2.htm NEWS RELEASE DATED MAY 12, 2010 Exhibit 99.2

Exhibit 99.2


Suite 1378 – 200 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1S4
Tel: 604-669-9397
Fax: 604-669-9387
Toll Free Tel: 1-888-224-1881
Email: info@silvercorp.ca
Website: www.silvercorp.ca

PRESS RELEASE

Trading Symbol: NYSE: SVM May 12, 2010
  TSX: SVM  

SILVERCORP REPORTS NET INCOME OF $9.8 MILLION AND
CASH FLOW OF $23.8 MILLION IN FOURTH QUARTER; PROVIDES OUTLOOK FOR FY2011

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – May 12, 2010 – Silvercorp Metals Inc. (“Silvercorp” or the “Company”) reports today its unaudited financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year that ended March 31, 2010, and provides an outlook for its fiscal 2011 year. The following financial results are expressed in US dollars (US$) unless stated otherwise.

FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

During the quarter ended March 31, 2010, highlights included:

  • Net earnings of $9.8 million, or $0.06 per share, compared to earnings of $1.2 million, or $0.01 per share, in the same quarter last year;

  • Quarterly cash flows from operations of $23.8 million, or $0.14 per share, up 123% from the same quarter last year of $10.6 million;

  • Production of 1.08 million ounces of silver in the quarter, resulting in record annual production of 4.62 million ounces and the fourth consecutive year of silver production growth;

  • Total production costs of negative $4.61 per ounce of silver and cash costs of negative $5.64 per ounce of silver;

  • Proven and Probable reserves established for the first time at the Ying mining district of 63.4 million ounces of silver, 384,837 tonnes of lead and 117,559 tonnes of zinc -- giving the Ying mine over a10- year mine life after four years of production;

  • Acquisition of the high-grade Silvertip silver-lead-zinc property in northern British Columbia, Canada;

  • Payment of $3.1 million, or CAD$0.02 per share, in quarterly dividends to shareholders; and

  • Increase in total cash and short term investments to $95.0 million from $65.0 million a year ago.

FINANCIALS

For the fourth quarter, Silvercorp recorded net earnings of $9.8 million, or $0.06 per share, an increase of 688% over the recorded net earnings of $1.2 million, or $0.01 per share, in the same quarter last year. Net earnings improved primarily due to higher metal production and higher realized selling prices.

For the year ended March 31, 2010, the Company recorded net earnings of $38.5 million, or $0.24 per share, compared to a net loss of $16.0 million, or $0.11 loss per share, in the last year which included a mineral property impairment charge of $45.7 million.

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Sales in the fourth quarter rose to $28.2 million, a 62% increase from $17.4 million in the same quarter last year. For the year, Silvercorp reported sales of $107.2 million, an increase of $23.6 million or 28% from last year. This increase was due to higher quantities of metals sold combined with higher metal prices.

Cost of sales for the quarter was $7.8 million, representing a 25% increase as the Company processed more ore compared to the same quarter last year. For the year, cost of sales was $24.0 million, a decrease of 18% compared to $29.3 million a year ago despite the greater quantity of metals sold in the current year.

Gross profit margin during the quarter improved to 68% from 63% in the same quarter last year. For the year, gross profit margin was 74% compared to gross profit margin of 57% last year.

Cash flow from operations for the fourth quarter was $23.8 million, or 0.14 per share, a 123% increase from $10.6 million in the same quarter last year. For the year, cash flow generated from operations was $66.0 million, or $0.40 per share, an increase of $19.0 million or 40% from $47.0 million last year. The cash flows achieved for the year also exceeded the 2010 Production Guidance ($35 - $40 million) by 65%. The Company ended the year with $95.0 million in cash and short investments, up from $65.0 million at the end of the prior year.

OPERATIONS

Silvercorp mined 81,034 tonnes of ore in the fourth quarter, a 34% increase over 60,466 tonnes in the same period last year. Ore production during this quarter was lower than in the past three quarters, however, as the Company’s operations were closed for 25 days for the Chinese New Year.

A total of 131,436 tonnes of ores were milled in the quarter, representing an 82% increase compared to 72,175 tonnes of ore milled in the same quarter last year and a 51% increase compared to 87,032 tonnes of ore milled in the last quarter.

A total of 1.08 million ounces of silver were mined during the quarter, an increase of 4.2% over the same quarter last year of 1.04 million ounces. Total silver production for the year was a record 4.62 million ounces compared with 4.19 million ounces in the previous year.

Consolidated cash cost per ounce of silver for the quarter improved to negative $5.64 compared to negative $2.06 per ounce of silver in the same quarter last year, an increase driven by higher realized prices for byproduct credits. Consolidated cash cost per ounce of silver for the year improved to negative $6.22 compared with negative $2.77 in the prior year period.

In its fiscal year 2010 Production Guidance outlined in May 2009, the Company planned to produce 410,000 tonnes of ore. Actual ore production for the year was 406,754 tonnes, which was approximately 3,246 tonnes or 0.8% below the 2010 Guidance. A mine-by-mine breakdown of actual mining capacity compared to the 2010 Production Guidance is as follows:

  • At the Ying mine, total mine production for the year of 312,171 tonnes was achieved, which is 52,171 tonnes or 20% more than 2010 Production Guidance of 260,000 tonnes and an 8% increase compared to 290,334 tonnes of ore mined in the prior year. Most significantly, silver production from the Ying mine reached a record 4.16 million ounces, 14% higher than the Guidance of 3.65 million ounces even though run of mine silver grade was 465 g/t, which is 15g/t or 3% lower than the Guidance of 480 g/t for silver.

  • The HPG mine produced 30,430 tonnes of ore which yielded 148,000 ounces of silver, exceeding the planned 30,000 tonnes of ore and 112,000 ounces of silver production outlined in the 2010 Guidance as actual silver grade was higher than projected.

  • 2010 Production Guidance for the TLP and LM mines was for the production of 120,000 tonnes of ore, which would yield between 0.9 - 1.3 million ounces of silver. Actual production from the mines was 64,153 tonnes or approximately 53% of the Guidance, which yielded 313,000 ounces of silver. Lower ore production was due to mine development and production running behind schedule. The majority of the ore produced were by-product ores derived from development work rather than mining from stopes, which resulted in lower silver grades.

For fiscal year 2010, 90% of the Company’s silver production was from the Ying mine, which achieved an annual production record of 4.16 million ounces. Even with the better than expected performance from the Ying mine, the company’s silver production of 4.62 million ounces for the year is marginally outside the 2010 Guidance of 4.65 - 5.05 million ounces resulting from the production shortfall at the TLP and LM mines.

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Operational results for the past four quarters and the full fiscal 2010 year, along with a comparison to the 2010 Production Guidance, for the Ying Mine are summarized as follows:

  Q4 2010 Q3 2010 Q2 2010 Q1 2010 F2010 F2010 
31-Mar-10 31-Dec-09 30-Sep-09 30-Jun-09 Total Guidance 
Ores Mined (tonne)             
Direct Smelting Ores (tonne)  2,418 3,357 3,550 3,773 13,098  
Ores to be milled (tonne)  54,174 82,711 79,713 82,475 299,073  
  56,592 86,068 83,263 86,248 312,171 260,000 
Run of Mine Ores (tonne)             
Direct Smelting Ores (tonne)  2,418 3,357 3,550 3,773 13,098  
Ores Milled (tonne)  70,214 70,776 80,657 77,330 298,977  
  72,632 74,133 84,207 81,103 312,075 260,000 
Metal Production             
Silver (in thousands of ounce)  836 1,086 1,107 1,134 4,163 3,650 
Lead (in thousands of pound)  11,097 14,327 14,084 15,017 54,525 49,000 
Zinc (in thousands of pound)  2,747 4,038 3,707 3,579 14,071 12,000 
Head Grades of Run of Mine Ores             
Silver (gram/tonne)  429.3 488.5 452.5 488.1 465.3 480 
Lead (%)  7.6 9.0 8.1 9.1 8.5 9.0 
Zinc (%)  2.8 3.4 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 
Recovery Rate of the Run of Mine Ores             
Silver (%)  91.8 91.0 92.8 93.3 92.7 92 
Lead (%)  96.3 95.8 96.6 96.5 96.6 96 
Zinc (%)  67.5 76.0 71.2 76.3 69.0 72 
Cash Mining cost ($ per tonne)  45.66 45.75 46.16 42.27 44.93  
Total Mining cost ($ per tonne)  57.50 56.90 54.71 52.70 55.32  
Cash Milling cost ($ per tonne)  10.23 10.45 9.19 10.84 10.23  
Total Milling cost ($ per tonne)  11.63 11.48 10.16 11.74 11.33  
Production cost per ounce of silver, adjusted for by-product credits  (6.14) (7.47) (5.51) (4.19) (5.79)  
Cash cost per ounce of silver, adjusted for by-product credits  (7.26) (8.36) (6.24) (5.00) (6.66)  

OUTLOOK FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011

Ying Mining District, Henan Province, China

For fiscal year 2011, Silvercorp expects a 13% increase in silver production to 5.3 million ounces with production from the TLP, HPG and LM mines continuing to grow as mine development progresses. The Company’s production plan is to produce approximately 500,000 tonnes of ore at grades of 360 g/t silver, 8% lead and 1.2% zinc, yielding 5.3 million ounces of silver, 83.7 million pounds of lead and 10.3 million pounds of zinc.

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Using the average metal prices during the fourth quarter and the above projected production figures, the Company’s mining operations in fiscal 2011 are expected to generate revenues of $140 million, resulting in cash flows from mine operations of $95 million to $100 million. Capital expenditures for fiscal 2011 are budged at $13 million at the Ying Mining District -- including $7 million for the Ying mine, $4 million for the TLP mine and $2 million for the HPG and LM mines.

GC Project, Guangdong Province, China

At the GC development project in Guangdong Province, China, the Company is engaged in environmental permitting and is continuing the process of compiling a feasibility study, which includes detailed mine and mill designs. Capital expenditure projections at the project for the current fiscal year will depend on the timing of receipt of the environmental permit.

Silvertip Project, British Columbia, Canada

In February 2010, Silvercorp completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in the Silvertip silver-lead-zinc project covering 216 km2 in northern British Columbia. Further mineral claim staking by the Company has increased the land package to approximately 800 km2.

Silvercorp plans to apply the same successful strategy used at the Ying mine in China to the Silvertip project. Within the next 12 months, the Company intends to complete the necessary studies required for the submission of a B.C. Small Mine Permit application for an operation with an annual capacity of up to 75,000 tonnes. The Small Mine Permit will allow Silvercorp to commence early production, focusing on higher grade (>1,000 g/t silver equivalent) ore zones that can be accessed from existing tunnels. Expected cash flows from the small mining operation will then help finance further exploration to expand both the resource and future mine operations.

The Company’s first step will be to obtain the necessary permits to de-water the existing underground workings, which is expected to take approximately six months. Once obtained, an underground exploration program, which will include a bulk sample, exploration drilling and a geotechnical assessment, will be carried out.

In addition, a surface drill program will be carried out this summer where previous dill holes have intercepted extensive mineralized zones that were not included in the 2010 resource estimation as the drill holes were too widely spaced. Furthermore, several geophysical and geochemical anomalies located within 5 kilometres of the existing resource areas along the same shale-limestone contact zone previously identified to host high-grade mineralization will also be drill tested. The total capital expenditure budget for calendar year 2010 at the Silvertip project will be approximately $4-5 million.

Silvercorp continues to pursue future growth opportunities by carrying out aggressive exploration programs within existing exploration and mining permit areas at its projects in addition to continually seeking out acquisitions projects in China and other jurisdictions.

CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST INFORMATION

A conference call and live audio webcast to discuss these results is scheduled as follows:

Date:  Thursday, May 13, 2010 
Time:  8:30 am PT (11:30 am ET) 
Dial-In Number:  1-612-288-0329 
Live audio webcast:  www.silvercorp.ca (click on the link on the home page) 
Playback webcast can be accessed at: www.silvercorp.ca 

About Silvercorp Metals Inc.

Silvercorp Metals Inc. is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and mining of high-grade silver-related mineral properties in China and Canada. Silvercorp is the largest primary silver producer in China through the operation and development of four silver-lead-zinc mines at the highly profitable Ying Mining Camp in the Henan Province of China. The company is also applying for a mining permit at the GC property in the Guangdong Province to establish a second base for production in China. Additionally, Silvercorp recently acquired the Silvertip project in northern British Columbia, Canada, as an additional platform for growth and geographic diversification. The Company’s shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange and are included as a component of the S&P/TSX Composite and the S&P/TSX Global Mining Indexes.

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For further information: SILVERCORP METALS INC., Rui Feng, Chairman & CEO and Lorne Waldman, Corporate Secretary, Phone: (604) 669-9397, Fax: (604) 669-9387, Toll Free 1(888) 224-1881, Email: info@silvercorp.ca, Website: www.silvercorp.ca.

CAUTIONARY DISCLAIMER -- FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements in this press release other than purely historical factual information, including statements relating to mineral resources and reserves, permitting, the Company’s future plans and objectives, expected production levels, exploration, head grades, recovery rates, cash flows, acquisitions, and capital expenditures constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions and are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties inherent in the Company’s business, including risks inherent in mineral exploration, development, and mining. Some production projections may be based not on mineral reserves but on mineral resources which do not have demonstrated economic viability. There can be no assurance that such forward-looking statements, including those in the outlook section, will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on such statements. Except in accordance with applicable securities laws, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements or forward-looking statements that are incorporated by reference herein.

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SILVERCORP METALS INC. 
Consolidated Balance Sheets - Unaudited 
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars) 

 

    March 31, 2010    March 31, 2009  
ASSETS           
 
Current Assets           
Cash and cash equivalents  $  50,618  41,470  
Short term investments    44,041    23,962  
Restricted cash    -    732  
Accounts receivable, prepaids and deposits    2,474    3,152  
Inventories    3,175    1,529  
Current portion of future income tax assets    112    143  
Amounts due from related parties    138    30  
    100,558    71,018  
 
Long term prepaids and deposits    505    1,058  
Reclamation deposits    78    -  
Long term investments    14,838    12,186  
Restricted cash    -    293  
Plant and equipment    29,024    29,072  
Mineral rights and properties    133,248    89,413  
Future income tax assets    1,203    2,162  
  $  279,454  205,202  
 
LIABILITIES           
 
Current Liabilities           
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities  $  7,504  8,533  
Deposits received    6,737    1,290  
Bank loan and notes payable    1,465    658  
Current portion of asset retirement obligations    292    -  
Dividends payable    3,238    2,564  
Income tax payable    1,658    3,041  
Amounts due to related parties    -    7,353  
    20,894    23,439  
 
Future income tax liabilities    19,475    19,678  
Asset retirement obligations    2,357    2,029  
    42,726    45,146  
 
Non-controlling interests    21,738    7,610  
 
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY           
 
Share capital    145,722    135,604  
Contributed surplus    4,702    3,764  
Reserves    31,893    31,893  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)    14,910    (10,167
Retained earnings (Deficit)    17,763    (8,648
    214,990    152,446  
 
  $  279,454  205,202  

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SILVERCORP METALS INC. 
Consolidated Statements of Operations - Unaudited 
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for per share figures) 

 

    Three months ended March 31,     Twelve months ended March 31,  
 
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
 
Sales  $  28,224   17,392   $  107,164   83,523  
 
Cost of sales    7,839     6,276     23,996     29,322  
Amortization and depletion    1,108     106     3,904     6,365  
    8,947     6,382     27,900     35,687  
 
Gross profit    19,277     11,010     79,264     47,836  
 
Expenses                         
Accretion of asset retirement obligations    32     35     125     123  
Amortization    156     24     932     817  
Foreign exchange loss (gain)    211     (673   (432 )    (2,872
General exploration and property investigation expenses    702     500     4,909     2,325  
Impairment charges and bad debt    -     2,907     698     50,707  
Investor relations    126     109     438     550  
General and administrative    2,365     2,023     9,491     9,312  
Professional fees    344     130     1,783     1,488  
    3,936     5,055     17,944     62,450  
    15,341     5,955     61,320     (14,614
Other income and expenses                         
Equity loss on investment in NUX    (99 )    12     (424 )    (1,455
Loss on disposal of mineral rights and property    -     -     -     (819
Loss on disposal of plant and equipment    (198 )    (308   (1,569 )    (328
Interest expenses    (27 )    -     (122 )    (7
Loss on held for trading securities    57     -     35     -  
Interest income    233     75     868     1,342  
Other income    52   3     337     478  
    18     (224   (875 )    (789
 
Income (loss) before income taxes and non-controlling interests    15,359     5,731     60,445     (15,403
 
Income tax expense (recovery)                         
Current    1,722     2,805     7,796     6,988  
Future    413     (325   764     (7,925
    2,135     2,480     8,560     (937
 
Income (loss) before non-controlling interests    13,224     3,251     51,885     (14,466
 
Non-controlling interests    (3,464 )    (2,013   (13,338 )    (1,531
 
Net income (loss)  $  9,760   1,238   $  38,547   (15,997
 
Basic earnings (loss) per share  $  0.06   0.01   $  0.24   (0.11
Diluted earnings (loss) per share  $  0.06   0.01   $  0.24   (0.11
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding - Basic    167,205,472     153,869,610     162,287,528     152,350,041  
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding - Diluted    167,963,878     154,996,312     163,571,019     152,350,041  

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SILVERCORP METALS INC. 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Unaudited 
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars) 

 

    Three months ended March 31,     Twelve months ended March 31,  
 
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Cash provided by (used in)                         
Operating activities                         
Net income (loss) for the year  $  9,760   1,238   $  38,547   (15,997
Add (deduct) items not affecting cash :                         
Accretion of asset retirement obligations    32     35     125     122  
Amortization and depletion    1,264     130     4,836     7,182  
Equity Investment loss (gain)    99     (12   424     1,455  
Future income tax expenses (recovery)    413     (325   764     (7,925
Impairment charges and bad debt    -     2,907     698     50,707  
Gain on held-for-trading securities    (57 )    -     (35 )    -  
Loss on disposal of mineral property    -     -     -     819  
Loss on disposal of plant and equipment    198     309     1,569     328  
Non-controlling interests    3,464     2,013     13,338     1,531  
Stock-based compensation    592     107     1,914     2,103  
Unrealized foreign exchange loss (gain)    (148 )    883     (1,118 )    4,378  
Change in non-cash operating working capital    8,142     3,340     4,921     2,283  
Cash provided by operating activities    23,759     10,625     65,983     46,986  
 
Investing activities                         
Mineral rights and properties                         
Acquisition and capital expenditures    (10,187 )    (713   (21,218 )    (37,115
Proceeds on disposals    -     -     -     814  
Plant and equipment                         
Acquisition    (3,645 )    (1,524   (5,027 )    (12,697
Proceeds on disposals    7     -     140     2  
Equity investments                         
Marketable securities    (32 )    -     (1,355 )    -  
Luoyang Yongning Gold and Lead Smelting Co. Ltd.    -     (146   -     (291
Sales of (purchase of) short term investments    (9,059 )    (9,414   (14,310 )    12,982  
Prepayments to acquire plant and equipment    153     1,499     (485 )    (354
Reclaimation deposit paid    (75 )    -     (75 )    -  
Cash used in investing activities    (22,838 )    (10,298   (42,330 )    (36,659
 
Financing activities                         
Advance to related parties, net of repayments received    (45 )    (225   (101 )    (37
Bank loan and notes payable                         
Proceeds    -     655     2,927     656  
Repayments    (1,465 )    -     (2,123 )    -  
Non-controlling interest                         
Contribution    -     -     -     215  
Distribution    -     (1,974   (7,191 )    (13,173
Cash dividends distributed    (3,103 )    (2,476   (12,001 )    (5,466
Capital stock                         
Proceeds from issuance of common share    482     22,634     1,310     22,655  
Share cancellation    -     -     -     (9,473
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities    (4,131 )    18,614     (17,179 )    (4,623
 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents    325     (6,279   2,674     (11,327
 
Increased (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents    (2,885 )    12,662     9,148     (5,623
 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period    53,503     28,808     41,470     47,093  
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period  $  50,618   41,470   $  50,618   41,470  
Supplemental information:                         
Interest paid  $  25   -   $  119   30  
Income tax paid  $  1,952   554   $  9,127   4,703  
 
Non-cash investing activities:                         
Common shares issued for mineral rights and properties  $  7,832   -   $  7,832   36,484  

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SILVERCORP METALS INC. 
Mining Data 
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for mining data figures) 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2010     
YING HPG TLP   LM   Consolidation
Production Data                 
Mine Data                 
Ore Mined (tonne)                 
Direct Smelting Ores (tonne)  2,418   64   3  2,485  
Stockpiled Ores (tonne)  54,174   7,050   10,815    6,510    78,549  
  56,592   7,114   10,818    6,510    81,034  
 
Run of Mine Ore (tonne)                 
Direct Smelting Ores (tonne)  2,418   64   3  2,485  
Stockpiled Ores Milled (tonne)  70,214   8,658   33,953    18,611    131,436  
  72,632   8,722   33,957    18,611    133,921  
 
Mining cost per tonne of ore mined ($)  57.50   59.56   63.44  39.90  57.06  
Cash mining cost per tonne of ore mined ($)  45.66   52.19   59.24  37.10  47.36  
Non cash mining cost per tonne of ore mined ($)  11.84   7.37   4.20  2.80  9.70  
 
Unit shipping costs ($)  3.72   3.71   2.82  2.80  3.52  
 
Milling cost per tonne of ore milled ($)  11.63   12.52   10.49  8.86  11.00  
Cash milling cost per tonne of ore milled ($)  10.23   10.81   8.79  6.87  9.43  
Non cash milling cost per tonne of ore milled ($)  1.39   1.72   1.70  1.99  1.57  
 
Average Production Cost                 
Silver ($ per ounce)  3.37   5.54   7.62  7.48  4.20  
Gold ($ per ounce)  172.29   295.67   481.6  268.26  
Lead ($ per pound)  0.20   0.28   0.45  0.49  0.25  
Zinc ($ per pound)  0.17   -   0.21  
 
Total production cost per ounce of Silver ($)  (6.14 )  (10.41 )  1.78  5.30  (4.61 ) 
Total cash cost per ounce of Silver ($)  (7.26 )  (11.02 )  0.79  5.09  (5.64 ) 
 
Total Recovery of the Run of Mine Ores                 
Silver (%)  91.8   84.0   85.8  84.4  90.2  
Lead (%)  96.3   94.8   87.1  89.7  94.5  
Zinc ( %)  67.5   68.6   67.5  
 
Head Grades of Run of Mine Ores                 
Silver (gram/tonne)  429.3   165.9   95.1  255.9  303.8  
Lead (%)  7.6   7.0   3.4  1.6  5.7  
Zinc (%)  2.8   1.6   1.6  
 
Sales Data                 
Metal Sales                 
Silver (in thousands of ounce)  836   44   125  74  1,079  
Gold (in thousands of ounce)  0.3   0.2   -  0  0.5  
Lead (in thousands of pound)  11,097   1,228   2,219  377  14,921  
Zinc (in thousands of pound)  2,747   -   -  -  2,747  
Metal Sales                 
Silver ($)  11,024   651   1,616  1,011  14,302  
Gold ($)  186   192   57  22  457  
Lead ($)  8,645   927   1,704  339  11,615  
Zinc ($)  1,850   -       1,850  
  21,705   1,770   3,377    1,372    28,224  
Average Selling Price, Net of Value Added Tax and Smelter Charges                 
Silver ($ per ounce)  13.19   14.80   12.97  13.66  13.25  
Gold ($ per ounce)  673.91   790.12   880.00  846.30  
Lead ($ per pound)  0.78   0.75   0.77  0.90  0.78  
Zinc ($ per pound)  0.67   -   0.67  

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SILVERCORP METALS INC. 
Mining Data 
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for mining data figures) 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2009     
YING HPG TLP    LM    Consolidation
 
Production Data                 
Mine Data                 
Ore Mined (tonne)                 
Direct Smelting Ores (tonne)  2,610   14   -  0.3  2,624  
Stockpiled Ores (tonne)  55,232   1,491   646    472    57,842  
  57,842   1,505   646    472    60,466  
 
Run of Mine Ore (tonne)                 
Direct Smelting Ores (tonne)  2,726   14   -  2,739  
Stockpiled Ores Milled (tonne)  60,167   553   6,876    4,578    72,175  
  62,893   567   6,876     4,578     74,914  
 
Mining cost per tonne of ore mined ($)  58.71   36.34   263.91  153.20  61.48  
Cash mining cost per tonne of ore mined ($)  45.44   29.39   262.43  147.45  48.16  
Non cash mining cost per tonne of ore mined ($)  13.27   6.95   1.48  5.75  13.32  
 
Unit shipping costs ($)  3.55   -   -  -  3.55  
 
Milling cost per tonne of ore milled ($)  11.76   88.17   10.50  13.32  12.30  
Cash milling cost per tonne of ore milled ($)  10.57   68.89   9.35  12.22  11.06  
Non cash milling cost per tonne of ore milled ($)  1.18   19.28   1.15  1.10  1.24  
 
Average Production Cost                 
Silver ($ per ounce)  2.48   10.28   5.20  11.91  3.19  
Gold ($ per ounce)  -   961.80   750.75  364.14  
Lead ($ per pound)  0.15   0.50   0.27  0.69  0.19  
Zinc ($ per pound)  0.11   0.36   0.13  
 
Total production cost per ounce of Silver ($)  (3.24 )  8.14   3.31  12.84  (1.95 ) 
Total cash cost per ounce of Silver ($)  (3.62 )  (4.52 )  2.13  22.49  (2.06 ) 
 
Total Recovery of the Run of Mine Ores                 
Silver (%)  93.1   76.5   86.4  87.9  92.8  
Lead (%)  97.2   92.6   85.8  86.8  96.4  
Zinc ( %)  69.4   74.2   69.4  
 
Head Grades of Run of Mine Ores                 
Silver (gram/tonne)  486.7   108.8   95.1  307.3  408.5  
Lead (%)  9.1   4.6   3.4  1.9  7.5  
Zinc (%)  3.1   1.2   2.5  
 
Sales Data                 
Metal Sales                 
Silver (in thousands of ounce)  931   21   26  57  1,035  
Gold (in thousands of ounce)  -   0.2   0.0  0.3  
Lead (in thousands of pound)  12,150   561   233  238  13,182  
Zinc (in thousands of pound)  3,082   390   -  3,472  
Metal Sales                 
Silver ($)  8,037   232   243  476  8,988  
Gold ($)  4   244   10  258  
Lead ($)  6,341   300   113  115  6,869  
Zinc ($)  1,126   151       1,277  
  15,508   927   356    601    17,392  
Average Selling Price, Net of Value Added Tax and Smelter Charges                 
Silver ($ per ounce)  8.63   11.05   9.35  8.35  8.68  
Gold ($ per ounce)  -   1004.12   526.32  992.31  
Lead ($ per pound)  0.52   0.53   0.49  0.48  0.52  
Zinc ($ per pound)  0.37   0.39   0.37  

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SILVERCORP METALS INC. 
Mining Data 
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for mining data figures) 

 

Fiscal Year 2010 Year ended March 31, 2010     
YING HPG TLP   LM   Consolidation
 
Production Data                 
Mine Data                 
Ore Mined (tonne)                 
Direct Smelting Ores (tonne)  13,098   280   11  13,390  
Stockpiled Ores (tonne)  299,073   30,150   38,538    25,603    393,364  
  312,171   30,430   38,550    25,603    406,754  
 
Run of Mine Ore (tonne)                 
Direct Smelting Ores (tonne)  13,098   281   11  13,390  
Ores Milled (tonne)  298,977   32,833   36,797    25,897    394,505  
  312,075   33,113   36,808    25,897    407,895  
 
Mining cost per tonne of ore mined ($)  55.32   55.81   64.15  54.60  56.14  
Cash mining cost per tonne of ore mined ($)  44.93   51.28   60.89  53.15  47.43  
Non cash mining cost per tonne of ore mined ($)  10.39   4.53   3.26  1.45  8.71  
 
Unit shipping costs($)  3.57   3.67   2.86  2.53  3.44  
 
Milling cost per tonne of ore milled ($)  11.33   12.21   12.34  9.34  11.37  
Cash milling cost per tonne of ore milled ($)  10.23   11.01   10.12  7.62  10.12  
Non cash milling cost per tonne of ore milled ($)  1.09   1.21   2.22  1.72  1.25  
 
Average Production Cost                 
Silver ($ per ounce)  2.71   4.52   7.16  7.40  3.06  
Gold ($ per ounce)  134.33   269.05   183.14  
Lead ($ per pound)  0.16   0.25   0.43  0.41  0.18  
Zinc ($ per pound)  0.13   0.19   0.15  
 
Total production cost per ounce of Silver ($)  (5.79 )  (12.75 )  1.27  5.50  (5.38 ) 
Total cash cost per ounce of Silver ($)  (6.66 )  (13.47 )  0.34  5.28  (6.22 ) 
 
Total Recovery of the Run of Mine Ores                 
Silver (%)  92.7   85.9   87.3  84.9  92.0  
Lead (%)  96.6   94.3   85.8  87.5  95.9  
Zinc ( %)  69.0   70.1   69.1  
 
Head Grades of Run of Mine Ores                 
Silver (gram/tonne)  465.3   160.3   94.9  271.8  394.8  
Lead (%)  8.5   6.9   3.5  1.9  7.5  
Zinc (%)  3.1   1.3   2.5  
 
Sales Data                 
Metal Sales                 
Silver (in thousands of ounce)  4,163   148   140  173  4,624  
Gold (in thousands of ounce)  0.7   0.9   0.0  1.6  
Lead (in thousands of pound)  54,525   4,464   2,420  965  62,374  
Zinc (in thousands of pound)  14,071   669   14,740  
Metal Sales  -              
Silver ($)  48,524   1,811   1,776  2,294  54,405  
Gold ($)  376   656   58  32  1,122  
Lead ($)  37,597   3,057   1,838  713  43,205  
Zinc ($)  8,094   338       8,432  
  94,591   5,862   3,672    3,039    107,164  
Average Selling Price, Net of Value Added Tax and Smelter Charges              
Silver ($ per ounce)  11.66   12.24   12.69  13.26  11.77  
Gold ($ per ounce)  578.46   728.89   711.11  703.45  
Lead ($ per pound)  0.69   0.68   0.76  0.74  0.69  
Zinc ($ per pound)  0.58   0.51   0.57  

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SILVERCORP METALS INC. 
Mining Data 
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for mining data figures) 

 

Fiscal Year 2009 Year ended March 31, 2009     
YING HPG TLP   LM   Consolidation
 
Production Data                 
Mine Data                 
Ore Mined (tonne)                 
Direct Smelting Ores (tonne)  11,182   504   95  71  11,852  
Stockpiled Ores (tonne)  279,152   54,361   59,118    35,316    427,947  
  290,334   54,865   59,213    35,387    439,799  
 
Run of Mine Ore (tonne)                 
Direct Smelting Ores (tonne)  11,298   504   95  71  11,968  
Ores Milled (tonne)  275,204   59,887   69,375    34,653    439,119  
  286,502   60,391   69,470    34,724    451,087  
 
 
Mining cost per tonne of ore mined ($)  66.11   73.43   56.27  108.19  69.09  
Cash mining cost per tonne of ore mined ($)  51.24   44.33   47.82  67.94  51.26  
Non cash mining cost per tonne of ore mined ($)  14.87   29.11   8.45  40.25  17.83  
 
Unit shipping costs  3.60   4.04   2.11  4.76  3.54  
 
Milling cost per tonne of ore milled ($)  11.62   13.80   12.54  15.55  12.37  
Cash milling cost per tonne of ore milled ($)  10.63   12.50   11.44  15.55  11.39  
Non cash milling cost per tonne of ore milled ($)  0.99   1.30   1.10  0.98  
 
Average Production Cost                 
Silver ($ per ounce)  3.49   7.72   9.48  7.22  4.34  
Gold ($ per ounce)  152.39   462.92   361.47  379.68  262.24  
Lead ($ per pound)  0.22   0.46   0.57  0.45  0.28  
Zinc ($ per pound)  0.14   0.28   0.18  
 
Total production cost per ounce of Silver ($)  (2.86 )  1.13   8.75  6.33  (1.25 ) 
Total cash cost per ounce of Silver ($)  (3.87 )  (6.53 )  5.15  5.15  (2.77 ) 
 
Total Recovery of the Run of Mine Ores                 
Silver (%)  92.0   81.6   84.1  88.1  89.9  
Lead (%)  96.5   93.2   78.8  86.8  94.3  
Zinc ( %)  69.3   71.4   76.1  
 
Head Grades of Run of Mine Ores                 
Silver (gram/tonne)  407.0   154.4   160.4  266.7  311.6  
Lead (%)  7.3   5.8   2.3  1.8  5.6  
Zinc (%)  2.9   0.9   1.9  
 
Sales Data                 
Metal Sales                 
Silver (ounce)  3,408   209   271  301  4,189  
Gold (ounce)  -   2   2  
Lead (pound)  42,914   5,899   2,932  1,321  53,066  
Zinc (pound)  12,339   618   12,957  
Metal Sales                 
Silver ($)  34,416   2,214   2,872  3,082  42,584  
Gold ($)  32   1,033   33  56  1,154  
Lead ($)  27,934   3,762   1,875  853  34,424  
Zinc ($)  5,121   240       5,361  
  67,503   7,249   4,780    3,991    83,523  
Average Selling Price, Net of Value Added Tax and Smelter Charges              
Silver ($ per ounce)  10.10   10.59   10.60  10.24  10.17  
Gold ($ per ounce)  441.01   636.67   403.70  538.98  613.77  
Lead ($ per pound)  0.65   0.64   0.64  0.65  0.65  
Zinc ($ per pound)  0.42   0.39   0.41  

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